LEADING SINGERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/14/1999. By Elizabeth Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Followings (5): CULTS
6 Across: "___ Luxemburg" (1986 film biography) (4): ROSA
10 Across: E-mail (7): MESSAGE
17 Across: Joined (6): CAMEON
18 Across: Carried furniture (5): SEDAN
19 Across: Epoch from 10 to 2 million years ago (8): PLIOCENE
21 Across: 50's-90's jazz singer (12): ABBEYLINCOLN
23 Across: Circumstance of living (8): HIGHCOST
24 Across: Foreign currency (5): MARKS
25 Across: Cheer (7): HEARTEN
27 Across: Plastic ___ Band (3): ONO
28 Across: Downhill slope (3): RUN
29 Across: Times old and new (4): ERAS
30 Across: Daimler-Chrysler products (5): JEEPS
31 Across: Loses it (5): RANTS
33 Across: Indian tourist stop (4): AGRA
34 Across: Turkey helping (3): LEG
35 Across: Pair at sea (4): OARS
36 Across: Ship danger (5): MINES
37 Across: Skips bail (5): FLEES
38 Across: Thieves (8): STEALERS
41 Across: Kind of ball (5): BOCCE
42 Across: Key letters (3): ESC
43 Across: Like a certain key: Abbr. (3): MAJ
44 Across: False, like some talk (5): JIVEY
45 Across: Imported vodka (7): ABSOLUT
49 Across: Appliance brand (5): AMANA
51 Across: Throw (4): FAZE
52 Across: Taxes (5): WEARS
54 Across: Like Chopin's Scherzo (Op. 54) (3): INE
55 Across: Criticism, so to speak (6): STATIC
56 Across: Continental abbr. (4): AMER
57 Across: "___ me down to rest me" (old prayer start) (4): ILAY
58 Across: Bond-issuing org. (4): GNMA
59 Across: On the line (6): ATRISK
60 Across: Whodunit solver: Abbr. (3): DET
61 Across: Lilly, the drug maker (3): ELI
62 Across: Holy person (6): AVATAR
64 Across: But, in Bordeaux (4): MAIS
65 Across: Fr. holy women (4): STES
67 Across: Tabula ___ (4): RASA
68 Across: Celebrity's opposite (6): NOBODY
69 Across: Year in Louis VII's reign (3): MCL
70 Across: A goner (5): TOAST
71 Across: Book of prophecies (4): AMOS
72 Across: In accord (5): ATONE
73 Across: Horizon (7): SKYLINE
75 Across: Extrinsic (5): ALIEN
77 Across: German article (3): DER
78 Across: Big Apple inits. (3): NYC
79 Across: Center of Beaujolais country (5): LYONS
80 Across: Elegant one (8): CLASSACT
85 Across: Denounces (5): DAMNS
87 Across: Bagel purveyors (5): DELIS
88 Across: "Excuse me..." (4): AHEM
89 Across: Stagewear for Madonna (3): BRA
90 Across: Reflecting no light (4): EBON
91 Across: Start of a caution (5): DONOT
92 Across: "Dynasty" actress (5): EVANS
93 Across: Some cereal (4): BRAN
94 Across: Physicist's study (3): ION
95 Across: Kitty (3): POT
96 Across: Fix the walls (7): REPAINT
98 Across: Cast one's lot (with) (5): ALIGN
99 Across: Ones sitting tight? (8): SARDINES
102 Across: Pop singer known as "The Delta Lady" (12): RITACOOLIDGE
104 Across: Ticket dispensers (8): TROOPERS
105 Across: Top echelon (5): ELITE
106 Across: Like many a Western bandit (6): HANGED
107 Across: Most populated (7): DENSEST
108 Across: Québec's Levesque (4): RENE
109 Across: Amplified (5): MIKED

Down Answers

1 Down: Singer's locale (7): CABARET
2 Down: Offense (7): UMBRAGE
3 Down: Vichyssoise needs (5): LEEKS
4 Down: Puppets, e.g. (4): TOYS
5 Down: Where the Blues Brothers debuted: Abbr. (3): SNL
6 Down: Summaries (6): RECAPS
7 Down: Offenses (5): ODORS
8 Down: Highway department supply (4): SALT
9 Down: Author whose novels span 6,000 years (8): ANNERICE
10 Down: Dashboard inits. (3): MPH
11 Down: George and others (6): ELIOTS
12 Down: Warnings (5): SIGNS
13 Down: TriBeCa neighbor (4): SOHO
14 Down: Univ. of Md. competes in it (3): ACC
15 Down: Singer with Parliament and Funkadelic (13): GEORGECLINTON
16 Down: Guarantee (6): ENSURE
17 Down: Popular packs (6): CAMELS
18 Down: Bad looks (6): SNEERS
20 Down: Small heaters (5): ETNAS
22 Down: "That's not what ___!" (5): IHEAR
26 Down: "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" singer (11): NANCYWILSON
30 Down: "Steppin' Out" singer (10): JOEJACKSON
32 Down: Born (3): NEE
33 Down: To boot (4): ALSO
36 Down: V.I.P. (5): MOVER
37 Down: Come clean, with "up" (4): FESS
39 Down: Valuable strings (6): AMATIS
40 Down: Legal scholar Guinier et al. (5): LANIS
41 Down: "L'Arlésienne" composer (5): BIZET
44 Down: "How Sweet It Is" singer (11): JAMESTAYLOR
45 Down: Battery type (3): AAA
46 Down: Singer with an Oscar-nominated song from "Robin Hood" (10): BRYANADAMS
47 Down: Like some beds (6): UNMADE
48 Down: All choked up (5): TEARY
49 Down: Paroxysm (6): ATTACK
50 Down: "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" singer (13): MARILYNMONROE
51 Down: Becomes a whiter shade of pale (5): FADES
53 Down: Inventor Howe (5): ELIAS
55 Down: Actress Emma (5): SAMMS
58 Down: Hollywood sisters (6): GABORS
61 Down: Kind of chair (5): EAMES
63 Down: Primary goal (5): VOTES
66 Down: Menlo Park monogram (3): TAE
67 Down: Torrents (5): RAINS
70 Down: Uncontrollable motions (4): TICS
74 Down: Boston suburb (4): LYNN
76 Down: Loafer (8): LOITERER
79 Down: Football Hall-of-Famer Dawson (3): LEN
80 Down: Lottery ticket (6): CHANCE
81 Down: Slowly, to Masur (5): LENTO
82 Down: Cut (7): ABRIDGE
83 Down: Rough (7): CRAGGED
84 Down: No longer pale (6): TANNED
85 Down: Believer (5): DEIST
86 Down: On (6): ABOARD
87 Down: Grandparents, traditionally (6): DOTERS
88 Down: Fly (6): AVIATE
91 Down: Beneficiary (5): DONEE
92 Down: Dine at home (5): EATIN
93 Down: Lose one's nerve (5): BLINK
95 Down: Show of hands? (4): PIPS
97 Down: Good amount of money (4): PILE
98 Down: Jai ___ (4): ALAI
100 Down: Opposite of remove (3): DON
101 Down: Atl. crosser (3): SST
103 Down: Man with a law (3): OHM

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